2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre individual medley
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	20 December (heats and final)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	28
Win Value:	2:04.29
Gold:	Sydney Pickrem
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Yu Yiting
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Kate Douglass
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 December 2021.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started at 09:37.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	6	2:04.24	Q
2	2	2	2:06.48	Q
3	4	4	2:06.66	Q
4	4	5	2:07.18	Q
5	4	3	2:07.70	Q
6	3	4	2:08.16	Q
7	3	5	2:08.30	Q
8	4	7	2:08.60	Q
9	4	8	2:08.69	NR
10	3	0	2:08.74
11	3	3	2:09.02
12	2	5	2:09.15
13	3	2	2:09.35
14	4	9	2:09.72	NR
15	4	1	2:09.76
16	4	6	2:10.16
17	3	7	2:11.35
18	4	2	2:11.60
19	2	7	2:11.74
20	1	6	2:12.04
21	4	0	2:12.59	NR
22	3	1	2:12.70
23	2	9	2:13.56
24	3	9	2:13.91
25	1	4	2:14.34
25	1	7	2:14.34	NR
27	1	1	2:15.00
28	2	8	2:16.84
29	1	5	2:17.07
30	3	8	2:17.08
31	1	2	2:18.68	NR
	1	3	DNS
	1	8
	2	0
	2	1
	2	3
	2	4
	3	6

The final was held at 18:07.^[3]